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Thomas Lewis (1690–1777)

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as MP for New Radnor, but he was twice elected and then unseated on petition. On the first occasion it was found there were technical irregularities in the historical creation of freemen in the borough. On the second occasion there was a dispute over the eligibility of non-residents to vote.
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Lewis was the son of Colonel Thomas Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnor and his wife Margaret Howes, daughter of William Howes of Greenham, Berkshire. He matriculated at
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Lewis died at Harpton Court in 1777. He had married Ann Wright, the daughter and heiress of Sir Nathan Wright, 3rd Bt., of
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Memorial to Thomas Lewis in St Stephen's Church, Old Radnor
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From 1768 Lewis tried to effect the return of his nephew
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'Lee-Llewellin', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 892-921. British History Online (accessed 30 October 2017)
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